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'Asper Nation' Excerpted

Cover of 'Asper Nation'

In This Series

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Marc Edge

Marc Edge on 'Asper Nation'

His new book traces 'dangerous' rise of CanWest Global.

By David Beers, 13 Nov 2007


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Stephen Harper and Asper (spliced together)

Aspers and Harper, A Toried Love

Ties that bind CanWest to the Conservatives.

By Marc Edge, 13 Nov 2007


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Izzy Asper

Citizen Izzy

The rise of the Asper who gave us CanWest.

By Marc Edge, 16 Nov 2007


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Izzy Asper

CanWest Rising

How Izzy Asper got to be Canada's mega-media baron.

By Marc Edge, 20 Nov 2007


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Asper Leonard

The Asper Slam on News Media

'Lazy, dishonest, biased, Marxists' and more accusations from Izzy and son Leonard.

By Marc Edge, 23 Nov 2007


Real Cities Give Their People Places to Pee

Public washrooms should be plentiful and accessible, says one scholar. And cities that do flush, flourish.

By Christopher Cheung